Scientists Revolt Against Global Warming Fearmongering

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MontanaHatchet said:

mrstickball said:
Montana - I agree.

An otherwise valid public issue has been politicized, taxed, and falsified. Wouldn't it be better for the scientists to invent new ways of making devices more efficient, rather than squabble about global warming? I mean, if we want to solve some sort of issue, it should be done through the best means, rather than taxed, or legislated.

Just what I was thinking. There's a lot of arguing over global warming, but there's no question that pollution and harmful chemicals do affect the earth. I believe strongly that global warming is happening, and that it can have dire consequences if not stopped. But that's my opinion, and I'll just wait until we see the effects.

We should be motivated to limit pollution no matter what, not just because of global warming. I'm fine as long as we all agree on that.

Absolutely, I fully support limiting pollution as best we can.  I just define "as best we can" as something that doesn't cripple our economic competitiveness, which is what Cap'N'Trade will do if its done right...if its done wrong we won't even be that lucky.

There is actually significant work being done on reducing electrical requirements for the average home - one such device is supposed to remove the need to freeze air in an AC unit to remove moisture so that instead of going from 90 degrees to 32 back up to 70-72 we can passively remove moisture and just cool from 90 to 70-72.  This is being tested in Austrailia this upcoming summer iirc and could reduce home energy usage substantially.

I don't know why anyone would be against this - in fact businesses least of all.  There is a ton of money to be made in reselling appliances people already own but more efficient versions.